India Billie Jean King Cup team

India
India
Captain	Vishal Uppal
Coach	Zeeshan Ali
ITF ranking	32 (25 February 2024)
Colors	blue & white
First year	1991
Years played	32
Ties played (W–L)	128 (69–59)
Best finish	World Group play-offs (2020-21)
Most total wins	Ankita Raina (33–29)
Most singles wins	Ankita Raina (21–21)
Most doubles wins	Sania Mirza (14–5)
Best doubles team	Manisha Malhotra /; Nirupama Vaidyanathan (6–0)
Most ties played	Ankita Raina (45)
Most years played	Sania Mirza (11)
	Last updated on: 13 April 2024.

The India Billie Jean King Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Billie Jean King Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.

Brief History

India competed in its first Fed Cup in 1977, but did not compete again until 1991.^[2] Since 1991, India has been competing annually (except 1993). India's best result was reaching the Asia/Oceania Group I final in 2006.

In 2004, Manisha Malhotra and Sania Mirza broke the record for playing the longest tiebreak (21-19) in their doubles match against Uzbekistan pair Vlada Ekshibarova and Ivanna Israilova.^[2]

Current team

2022 Billie Jean King Cup
Player	Win–loss			Years played	Ties	Ranking
Player	Singles	Doubles	Totals	Years played	Ties	Singles	Doubles
Riya Bhatia	1–1	1–7	2–8	4 (2017, 2019–22)	9	463	469
Rutuja Bhosale	9–6	2–2	11–8	5 (2012–13, 2021–22)	18	477	270
Ankita Raina	18–15	8–6	26–21	10 (2013–2022)	35	319	133
Sowjanya Bavisetti	0–0	1–6	1–6	2 (2020–2022)	7	531	568
Source

Win–loss as of 16 April 2022, rankings as of 16 April 2022.

Players

Name	Years	First	Ties	Win/Loss
Name	Years	First	Ties	Singles	Doubles	Total
Sowjanya Bavisetti	1	2020	2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Ankita Bhambri	5	2004	18	6–7	2–7	8–14
Prerna Bhambri	2	2012	7	4–2	1–1	5–3
Sanaa Bhambri	2	2009	7	0–2	3–2	3–4
Riya Bhatia	3	2017	4	0–0	1–3	1–3
Rutuja Bhosale	3	2012	13	7–5	1–1	8–6
Rushmi Chakravarthi	9	1994	26	3–7	11–11	14–18
Shruti Dhawan	1	1999	2	0–0	0–2	0–2
Sheethal Goutham	1	2002	2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Tara Iyer	1	2007	4	1–1	1–2	2–3
Mahak Jain	1	2019	1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	4	1996	13	3–1	3–6	6–7
Uzma Khan	3	1997	11	9–1	0–1	9–2
Janaki Krishnamoorthy	3	1991	6	2–4	2–2	4–6
Sohini Kumari	3	1991	5	0–0	2–3	2–3
Isha Lakhani	4	2003	13	3–2	6–2	9–4
Manisha Malhotra	7	1995	27	7–11	10–4	17–15
Divya Merchant	1	1991	2	0–2	0–1	0–3
Sania Mirza	11	2003	29	13–5	14–5	27–10
Natasha Palha	1	2015	3	0–0	2–0	2–0
Jahnavi Parekh	1	1997	4	0–2	0–4	0–6
Sonal Phadke	1	2002	2	0–1	0–1	0–2
Arati Ponnappa	4	1994	14	0–6	4–7	4–13
Ankita Raina	8	2013	29	15–11	8–6	23–17
Sunitha Rao	2	2007	8	2–4	3–2	5–6
Aradhana Reddy	2	1991	6	1–3	0–1	1–5
Snehadevi Reddy	1	2017	1	0–0	0–1	0–1
Ashvarya Shrivastava	1	2011	2	0–2	1–0	1–2
Kyra Shroff	1	2013	3	0–2	0–1	0–3
Rishika Sunkara	2	2013	5	1–2	1–2	2–4
Karman Thandi	3	2017	9	3–6	2–1	5–7
Prarthana Thombare	5	2014	17	7–2	6–6	13–8
Radhika Tulpule	1	2000	1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Shikha Uberoi	4	2005	15	9–3	5–4	14–7
Nirupama Vaidyanathan	8	1992	31	20–8	9–6	29–14
Meghha Vakaria	1	2003	3	0–0	2–0	2–0
Poojashree Venkatesha	2	2010	5	2–3	2–0	4–3
Pranjala Yadlapalli	1	2018	1	0–0	1–0	1–0

Results

1970s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	1st Round	13–18 Jun 1977	Eastbourne	Grass	Israel	0–0	Lost

1990s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	World Group Qualifying	19 Jul 1991	Nottingham	Hard	Cuba	0–3	Lost
1991	World Group, Consolation Rounds	20 Jul 1991	Nottingham	Hard	Thailand	0–3	Lost
1992	Asia/Oceania Pool A	4 May 1992	Colombo	Clay	Malaysia	3–0	Won
		5 May 1992			Philippines	0–3	Lost
		6 May 1992			South Korea	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Zone, Knockout Stage	7 May 1992	Athens		Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
1994	Asia/Oceania Pool A	2 May 1994	New Delhi	Clay	Chinese Taipei	1–2	Lost
		3 May 1994			Philippines	1–2	Lost
		4 May 1994			Syria	3–0	Won
1995	Asia/Oceania Group II	4 May 1995	Mumbai	Clay	Malaysia	2–1	Won
		5 May 1995			Sri Lanka	2–1	Won
		6 May 1995			Pacific Oceania	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Zone, play-offs	7 May 1995			Singapore	3–0	Won
1996	Asia/Oceania Group I	20–22 Feb 1996	Chiang Mai	Hard	Malaysia	3–0	Won
		22 Feb 1996			South Korea	0–3	Lost
		22 Feb 1996			Hong Kong	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Zone, play-offs	23 Feb 1996			China	0–3	Lost
1997	Asia/Oceania Group I	11 Mar 1997	Wellington	Hard	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
		12 Mar 1997			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
		13 Mar 1997			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Zone, play-offs	14 Mar 1997			Thailand	1–2	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Zone, play-offs	15 Mar 1997			Kazakhstan	0–0	Won
1998	Asia/Oceania Group II	16 Feb 1998	Samutpakam	Hard	Pakistan	3–0	Won
		17 Feb 1998			Iraq	3–0	Won
		19 Feb 1998			Tajikistan	2–1	Won
		20 Feb 1998			Pacific Oceania	2–0	Won
1999	Asia/Oceania Group I	22 Feb 1999	Samutpakam	Hard	Uzbekistan	2–1	Won
		23 Feb 1999			Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
		25 Feb 1999			Indonesia	3–0	Won
		26 Feb 1999			Thailand	2–1	Won

2000s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Asia/Oceania Group I	25 Apr 2000	Osaka	Hard	Thailand	2–1	Won
		26 Apr 2000			Japan	0–2	Lost
		27 Apr 2000			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		29 Apr 2000			Hong Kong	3–0	Won
2001	Asia/Oceania Group I	10 Apr 2001	Kaohsiung	Hard	Pacific Oceania	3–0	Won
		11 Apr 2001			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		12 Apr 2001			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
		13 Apr 2001			South Korea	2–1	Won
2002	Asia/Oceania Group I	4 Mar 2002	Guangzhou	Hard	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
		5 Mar 2002			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		6 Mar 2002			South Korea	0–3	Lost
		8 Mar 2002			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
2003	Asia/Oceania Group II	21 Apr 2003	Tokyo	Hard	Philippines	3–0	Won
		22 Apr 2003			Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Won
		23 Apr 2003			Pacific Oceania	2–0	Won
2004	Asia/Oceania Group I	19 Apr 2004	New Delhi	Hard	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Won
		20 Apr 2004			South Korea	2–1	Won
		22 Apr 2004			Indonesia	1–2	Lost
		23 Apr 2004			Uzbekistan	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	24 Apr 2004			Thailand	0–2	Lost
2005	Asia/Oceania Group I	20 Apr 2005	New Delhi	Hard	Singapore	3–0	Won
		21 Apr 2005			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		22 Apr 2005			China	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	23 Apr 2005			South Korea	2–1	Won
2006	Asia/Oceania Group I	20 Apr 2006	Seoul	Hard	Philippines	2–0	Won
		20 Apr 2006			Chinese Taipei	2–0	Won
		21 Apr 2006			New Zealand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	22 Apr 2006			Australia	1–2	Lost
2007	Asia/Oceania Group I	16 Apr 2007	Christchurch	Hard	Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
		17 Apr 2007			Jordan	3–0	Won
		18 Apr 2007			New Zealand	2–1	Won
		20 Apr 2007			Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	21 Apr 2007			Uzbekistan	0–3	Lost
2008	Asia/Oceania Group I	30 Jan 2008	Bangkok	Hard	Indonesia	1–2	Lost
		31 Jan 2008			New Zealand	1–2	Lost
		1 Feb 2008			Australia	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	2 Feb 2008			Hong Kong	2–1	Won
2009	Asia/Oceania Group I	4 Feb 2009	Perth	Hard	New Zealand	0–3	Lost
		5 Feb 2009			Indonesia	0–3	Lost
		6 Feb 2009			Uzbekistan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	7 Feb 2009			Chinese Taipei	0–3	Lost

2010s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Asia/Oceania Group II	4 Feb 2010	Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Singapore	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II	5 Feb 2010			Malaysia	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	6 Feb 2010			Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Won
2011	Asia/Oceania Group I	2 Feb 2011	Nonthaburi	Hard	China	1–2	Lost
		3 Feb 2011			Uzbekistan	1–2	Lost
		4 Feb 2011			Thailand	1–2	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	5 Feb 2011			Chinese Taipei	1–2	Lost
2012	Asia/Oceania Group II	30 Jan 2012	Shenzhen	Hard	Iran	3–0	Won
		31 Jan 2012			Oman	3–0	Won
		1 Feb 2012			Turkey	3–0	Won
		3 Feb 2012			Philippines	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	4 Feb 2012			Hong Kong	2–1	Won
2013	Asia/Oceania Group I	6 Feb 2013	Astana	Hard(i)	Kazakhstan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2013			Thailand	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	9 Feb 2013			South Korea	0–3	Lost
2014	Asia/Oceania Group II	4 Feb 2014	Astana	Hard(i)	Iran	3–0	Won
		5 Feb 2014			Pakistan	3–0	Won
		6 Feb 2014			New Zealand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	7 Feb 2014			Hong Kong	1–2	Lost
2015	Asia/Oceania Group II	15 Apr 2015	Hyderabad	Hard(i)	Pakistan	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II	16 Apr 2015			Malaysia	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	17 Apr 2015			Turkmenistan	2–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group II, Play-offs	18 Apr 2015			Philippines	2–1	Won
2016	Asia/Oceania Group I	3 Feb 2016	Hua Hin	Hard	Thailand	0–3	Lost
		4 Feb 2016			Japan	1–2	Lost
		5 Feb 2016			Uzbekistan	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	6 Feb 2016			Kazakhstan	3–0	Won
2017	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2017	Astana	Hard(i)	Philippines	2–1	Won
		9 Feb 2017			Japan	0–3	Lost
		10 Feb 2017			China	0–3	Lost
2018	Asia/Oceania Group I	7 Feb 2018	New Delhi	Hard	China	1–2	Lost
		8 Feb 2018			Kazakhstan	1–2	Lost
		9 Feb 2018			Hong Kong	3–0	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	10 Feb 2018			Chinese Taipei	2–0	Won
2019	Asia/Oceania Group I	7 Feb 2019	Astana	Hard(i)	Thailand	2–1	Won
	Asia/Oceania Group I	8 Feb 2019			Kazakhstan	0–3	Lost
	Asia/Oceania Group I, Play-offs	9 Feb 2019			South Korea	1–2	Lost

2020s

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result
2020–21	Asia/Oceania Group I	3 Mar 2020	Dubai	Hard	China	0–3	Lost
		4 Mar 2020			Uzbekistan	3–0	Won
		5 Mar 2020			South Korea	2–1	Won
		6 Mar 2020			Chinese Taipei	2–1	Won
		7 Mar 2020			Indonesia	2–1	Won
	Play-offs	16–17 Apr 2021	Jūrmala	Hard (i)	Latvia	1–3	Lost
2022	Asia/Oceania Group I	12 Apr 2022	Antalya	Clay	Japan	0–3	Lost
		13 Apr 2022			China	0–3	Lost
		14 Apr 2022			Indonesia	2–1	Won
		15 Apr 2022			New Zealand	2–1	Won
		16 Apr 2022			South Korea	2–1	Won
2023	Asia/Oceania Group I	11 Apr 2023	Tashkent	Hard	Thailand	2–1	Won
		12 Apr 2023			Uzbekistan	3–0	Won
		13 Apr 2023			South Korea	1–2	Lost
		14 Apr 2023			China	0–3	Lost
		15 Apr 2023			Japan	0–3	Lost
2024	Asia/Oceania Group I	9 Apr 2024	Changsha	Hard	Pacific Oceania	3–0	Won
		10 Apr 2024			China	0–3	Lost
		11 Apr 2024			Chinese Taipei	2–1	Won
		12 Apr 2024			South Korea	2–1	Won
		13 Apr 2024			New Zealand	1–2	Lost

References

^ "Billie Jean King Cup – Rankings". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Fed Cup India Profile". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

External links

Team page on BillieJeanKingCup.com, the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Billie Jean King Cup – Rankings". Retrieved 25 February 2024.

[fedcupprofile-2] "Fed Cup India Profile". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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